soul

soul

Three souls and seven spirits, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ā NH ú NQ ī pॸ, which means Soul: the old refers to the spirit that can exist without the human body; spirit: the old refers to the spirit that appears by relying on the body. In Taoist language, people have "three souls and seven Spirits". From baopuzi Dizhen.

The origin of Idioms

Baopuzi Dizhen: "in order to communicate with the spirit, it is better to divide the water and fire into different shapes, and then you can see the three souls and seven Spirits in the body."

Idiom usage

Three souls and seven spirits are used as objects and attributives. example if the fetus is born with blood essence, you will be called by Gui Fang, and the soul will not be in one, but scattered in all sides, so it will fall down naturally. The 37th chapter of the romance of Fengshen by Xu Zhonglin in Ming Dynasty